a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage , outstanding achievements , or noble qualities

a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage , outstanding achievements , or noble qualities

A hero in fairytales usually…

http://www.disney-vacation-time.com/img/aladdin/aladdin-1.jpg Persia, before 850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Little_Red_Riding_Hood_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_19993.jpg http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/17/littlered_sm.jpg France 1695

http://thumbs.imagekind.com/member/40a73faa-a8e3-4caf-b81c-06c13002a590/uploadedartwork/650x650/776dbfcb-13a6-4485-b136-ad7d263652f7.jpg The wolf who eats Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandma

Does good deeds, turns into a boy and saves the puppett maker. Italy, 1881

http://www.storycardtheater.com/images/momotaro_s03_lg.jpg Japanese, Edo Period.

China, 1590s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:JourneytotheWest.jpg http://chinaposters.org/img/apkung-314-78-318.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Xyj-tang_seng.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Xyj-sun_wukong.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Xyj-zhu.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Xyj-sha_seng.jpg

Fairytales from all over the world , and from all different time periods , even now, have the presence of a hero .

http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetype http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/ http://www.classicfairytales.com/en/main http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero Works Cited

http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetype

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/

http://www.classicfairytales.com/en/main

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero